An archaeologist whose research topics have ranged from Neanderthal hunters in France to the ill-fated Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada is the winner of a top research award typically reserved for more narrowly defined sciences.
Donald Grayson, an anthropology professor at the University of Washington for 30 years, is the first archaeologist to win the Desert Research Institute's Nevada Medal in the 18-year-history of the silver medallion and its $20,000 prize.
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"He's really a pioneer in the world of archaeology bringing those sciences together that go beyond the evolution of a single culture," Wells said.
We here at ArchaeoBlog are great admirers of Dr. Grayson and congratulate him on this award. He is a first rate researcher in several areas of archaeological inquiry in addition to being a very good instructor, two qualities that are not necessarily mutually inclusive as most of us are aware. See his department info page here. In addition, we've posted links to some of his papers online, particularly those relating to the contentious issue of megafaunal extinctions (for example, here , here , here, and here.
So good show, Dr. G. And, um, remember your former students when deciding how to disperse that award. . . .
